Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio, is halfway to Chambers Bay, but when Jim Furyk spoke on June 7, he sounded as if he were a continent away. That’s because he told of family plans and a commitment to attend a wedding so he wouldn’t be getting a look at the US Open venue for another two weeks.

Rory McIlroy quickly set about ensuring his previous late heroics did not go to waste in the last 16 of the WGC-Cadillac Match Play in San Francisco today.

Jordan Spieth was staying one step ahead of his nearest challengers as his bid for a wire to wire Masters victory remained on course at Augusta National last night.

Bae Sang-moon won the first tournament of the PGA Tour season and already is thinking about the last one.

Bae Sang-moon won his second PGA Tour event as he claimed a two-shot victory at the Frys.com Open in California.

Sang-Moon Bae will enter the final day of the Frys.com Open with a four-shot lead after an excellent seven-under-par 65 in his third round in California.

Between them, Paul McGinley, Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell ensured that Europe’s Ryder Cup success over the United States had ‘Made In Ireland’ stamped all over it.

World number one Rory McIlroy led by example as Europe won the 40th Ryder Cup after being given an early scare at Gleneagles.

Live updates from the final day of the Ryder Cup.

Rory McIlroy and his European teammates are bracing themselves for the mother all warnings against complacency from captain Paul McGinley ahead of tomorrow's pivotal Ryder Cup singles matches.

United States captain Tom Watson put his faith in his three youngest players to kickstart his side’s bid for an unlikely Ryder Cup victory at Gleneagles on Sunday.

The United States will need their own version of the ’Miracle at Medinah’ at Gleneagles after another brilliant foursomes performance gave Europe a 10-6 lead heading into the final day of the 40th Ryder Cup.

Updates from Day 2 of the 2014 Ryder Cup at Gleneagles.

Paul McGinley has turned to Rory McIlroy to get beaten and bruised Ian Poulter back into Ryder Cup hero-mode after reuniting the pair for this morning’s fourballs session at Gleneagles.

You can’t say that Tom Watson doesn’t change with the times.

Europe got back on level terms with victory in the first foursomes match on the opening day of the 40th Ryder Cup at Gleneagles on Friday.

European Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley admits he will worry about making the right decisions over the next three days but is confident his experience will mean he gets more right than wrong.

Rory McIlroy has the chance to let his golf do the talking against Phil Mickelson in the opening session of the Ryder Cup, in a match US captain Tom Watson predicted should be a “barn-burner”.

European captain Paul McGinley looked to have settled on a number of his pairings on the final day of practice for the 40th Ryder Cup at Gleneagles.

It was almost the calm before the storm as the European and US Ryder Cup teams joked and wise-cracked their way through a light-hearted practice session.

United States Ryder Cup captain Tom Watson called for his players to use redemption for motivation at Gleneagles this week, but many appear not to have received the memo.

Graeme McDowell already has his place in Ryder Cup history but the hero of Celtic Manor would love a repeat at Gleneagles.

Rory McIlroy’s hopes of claiming the $10 million dollar FedEx Cup jackpot and another $1.4m for winning the season-ending US PGA Tour Championship at East Lake, Atlanta, ended in bitter disappointment last night when a series of serious errors beginning with a double bogey five at the short 6th put paid to his chances.

Rory McIlroy produced a brilliant finish to his second round to boost his chances of an extremely lucrative victory in the Tour Championship in Atlanta today.

Rory McIlroy’s bid for a first FedEx Cup title – and with it a bonus of £6m – got off to an eventful start in the Tour Championship in Atlanta yesterday.

There are six million reasons to want to win the FedEx Cup title, but Rory McIlroy insists he needs just one.

There are 10 million reasons to want to win the FedEx Cup title, but Rory McIlroy insists he needs just one.

Billy Horschel won his second PGA Tour event and catapulted himself into FedEx Cup contention with victory at the BMW Championship in Denver on Sunday.

Redemption was the overriding theme after United States captain Tom Watson named Keegan Bradley, Hunter Mahan and Webb Simpson as his wild cards for the Ryder Cup at Gleneagles.

Redemption was the overriding theme after United States captain Tom Watson named Keegan Bradley, Hunter Mahan and Webb Simpson as his wild cards for the Ryder Cup at Gleneagles.

Stephen Gallacher is the only player who controls his Ryder Cup destiny, but it was Francesco Molinari who did most to boost his chances of making the European team in the Italian Open.

Tiger Woods has ended his professional relationship with swing coach Sean Foley.

Rory McIlroy confessed he paid a price for celebrating three wins in succession, including capturing a fourth Major, rather than work on his game after shooting a 74 on the opening day of the Barclays Championship in New Jersey.

Rory McIlroy endured a nightmare start to his bid to make it four wins in a row as he reached the turn in a four-over 40 before picking up a shot on the way back in the first round at The Barclays.

Dustin Johnson has shocked the golf world by announcing he is to take an immediate leave of absence from the game.

Tiger Woods was back in his old routine this morning as he continued his preparations for the 143rd Open Championship at Hoylake.

Right smack in the middle of Sunday lunch hour, the insufferable humidity was putting its chokehold around Pinehurst No 2 when a glance at the tee sheet showed that we were still three hours away from the assigned starting time of the US Open leader, Martin Kaymer.

Rory McIlroy picked up seven birdies and two eagles to storm to the top of the leaderboard on the first day of Jack Nicklaus’ Memorial Tournament in Ohio.

Pádraig Harrington’s Masters aspirations look more distant after he slumped to an equal worst PGA Tour round in shooting 80 on the final day of the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando.

Graeme McDowell enjoyed a unique experience at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship this weekend.

Graeme McDowell could not be happier with his start to the season or the new schedule he has mapped out to avoid burnout later in the year.

Graeme McDowell produced another superb fightback, but Rory McIlroy and Justin Rose went out at extra holes at WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship last night.

Graeme McDowell is hoping that tactics and putting will count for more than length when he faces long-hitting pal Gary Woodland in the first round of the WCG-Accenture Match Play in Tucson today.